Broadcasting stalwart, the BBC, have always been early adopters of technology, particularly online, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see them trialing soundbite-size snippets of breaking news via Instagram's video platform. The Corporation has launched their new "Instafax" service on the short-form video site, and for the next few weeks will be uploading 15-second videos of news and current affairs stories to their Instagram account. Three videos will be posted a day during the month-long trial, and the BBC are actively inviting user feedback on the venture.

Head of BBC News Online, Steve Herrmann, said the experiment is a response to changing audience patterns:

We want the process to be organic, and we’re keen to trial new ideas on how we can use our video content to reach new audiences. [We want] to find innovative ways to bring the best of our journalism to new audiences, something our team has been looking at for some time.

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